Wont be using that body shop again.

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So as most of you know I just had the bumper replaced and the dent fixed on my car. Well when the tires were being installed I noticed one small dent where they repaired, easy miss as its down low but it still bugs me. I am waiting for their paintless guy to come anyway so he can remove the little ripple in the drivers door and figured he could finish that dent then.

Well on my way home I stop at Autozone for some gear oil and as I walk away from the car I notice the headlights are on but no parking lights. I think of GMAN and I check the fuse first. It was blown so I slap another one in yet no parking lights still. :confused: I can hear the relay in the dash clicking and when it does the neon flashes for a millisecond. :confused:
Then it hit me, they pinched a wire when they put the bumper on. So there I am in AZ parking lot taking apart my trunk. I find the tail light plug and unplug it then all the front parking lights and neon fire up. :mad: So here it is, pitch black out and me with no tools and 50 miles from home. I trace the wires and find them pinched under a retaining nut. One completely broken and the other just shorting to ground. :mad: :mad:
So I had to go into AZ and buy a stripper and butt splices but they are cheap crap ones that are over priced. Found a nice kit for $20 though that had strippers, tape, various wire connectors and some other tools so I grabbed it and went to wait in the ridiculously long line again.
I have one fat ass Mexican dude try and cut in front of me until he saw that I was gonna beat him to death right there. He backed away. So Brandon calls me as I am standing in line and looking at a very neat but not needed flashlight and as its my turn, some big ass ugly as sine 350lb black woman sets her chrome fake side vent stickers and illuminated valve stem caps on the counter. I forget what I said exactly to Brandon but it was something like "And these selfish dumb asses in Autozone that just cut right in front of you in line" loud enough so she could here me. I was hoping for a response but she said nothing and just rolled her eyes.

So anyway, I go out to the car and fix the wires but notice my license plate is not illuminating. Figure while I am there may as well buy a new bulb....... if only the damn housing was there. :mad: Just the damn plug taped up. No reflector or lens at all. Freakin ass hats.

Any one of those three screw ups I could understand but to have done all three....... oh yeah, four! The light they repainted wasn't prepped well so there are a couple green spots by the lens. :mad:

Fracking ass hats. Its Friday night so I cant even go tear them a new ass hole till Monday.

I was very honest with the guy too before I even agreed to have the work done. I told him I am anal and it better be right or he will dislike me. I told him I knew the exact color match is impossible but I wanted the dent perfect and no messing up the rest of the car.

Just cant trust my baby with anyone. :(

On the up side the bitch that cut in front of me was sticking her fake side vents to her brand new paper plated Kia Sorento when I finnished. So I pulled behind her and aimed the car out the driveway. Turned off the traction controll and stood on it without flashing the converter so I shot a ton of loose pavement at her and her car. :lol:
 
Smooth, and who was the 'ass hat' in this story? :p

Me, definatly me. :)

I was pissed, more things pissed me off, then she really pissed me off and then something else pissed me off. I reverted to ass hole mode and got retribution on one of the sources of my pissed off ness.
 
And I thought you were "boycotting" AZ Laser. :p Someone needs to piss you off Sunday night so you'll still be mad come Monday.

I am but they were the only place that had the Mobil1 in stock and thats also where I met my future ex girlfriend.
Kinda funny story behind that too. :lol:
 
I read all about the girl you met in there. Wasn't sure if it was the same store or not since there's an AZ almost on every street you turn on. Well, here there is anyway. Maybe you should call her Sunday and have a squabble over the phone Sunday night or Monday before you go to the body shop.
 
Well I will only be calling the body shop on Monday cause the Mark will be in a different shop getting its gears installed.
 
Me, definatly me. :)

I was pissed, more things pissed me off, then she really pissed me off and then something else pissed me off. I reverted to ass hole mode and got retribution on one of the sources of my pissed off ness.

when surrounded by asshats, your only solution is to be a bigger azzhole.

...works for me!
 
I dont trust any shops anymore either... all corner cutters. That's why I try to learn how to do things myself. If I fugg it up, the only person I can get mad at is myself.

Still sucks though dude.. people just dont have an appreciation for other peoples things.
 
The guy called me today and was very appologetic. He will make things right. He offered to come to my work and fix the wires there untill I told him I already fixed them.

Got pissed off all over again when I got home and saw a 1" long and 1/8" wide piece of paint missing from the bumper where the tire throws stuff at it. That means it was not properly preped before they laid the base. Gonna have him fix that too. Not sure how he will fix it though.
 
You probably should have left it alone and taken it back to the bodyshop on monday. If they want to keep you as a customer they will make things right. We goodwill all kinds of dumb unrelated crap just to make customers happy.
 
Didnt have a choice. I drive 50 miles in the dark and there are many many cops on the way. I knew how to fix it so I did. I am confident they will take care of the other things though.
 

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